On this day: January 1

Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, Ellis Island opens, the Rose Bowl becomes the first college bowl game, Hank Williams dies, and the Y2K panic fizzles out, all on this day.

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1966: Effective on this day, all cigarette packages in the United States begin carrying the health warning: "Caution: Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health." This resulted from landmark federal legislation enacted in 1965 that required health warnings on cigarette packages.

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